Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The author's Claude account was banned a month ago; they now rely on Kiro's free credits, complain about slow responses and expiring quota, and note verified accounts are sold on the black market.

A user says they have never been banned since first buying Claude Code, attributing it to paying with a US-issued credit card.

A user received $100 in free Claude Code API credit but worries that actually using it could get their account banned.

The author used Claude Code CLI with DeepSeek to fix a server port issue, and their Claude account was banned that night; a second ban followed after topping up with Apple Store gift cards, and they ask whether the same Apple ID and passport can be reused.

A banned Claude user appealed via the form only visible when logged into the banned account and got it back in about 2 hours, with Max downgraded to free and $40 refunded pro rata.

A user says repeated Claude account bans drove them to try ZenMux, despite a cheap 1M Claude Opus 5.5 offer and liking Claude Code.

The author cites 5–7% banned-account revenue in Anthropic's filing, then lists local Claude traces — device_id in ~/.claude.json, telemetry retry queues, config backups, OAuth credentials — that cause new accounts to be banned instantly.

A user asks whether using Claude Code on Grok Bot's computer environment risks getting their Claude account banned.

The user says they use Opus 5.5 daily in Claude Code and report no ban after five days, finding the model no worse and only the switch from Cursor awkward.

The author says a project wraps Claude in a VM and sends programmatically faked telemetry, arguing a ban is inevitable.

A user says their 1.5-year-old Claude Code account was banned today and is asking for overseas Mac mini rental options.

A reply argues that even after Anthropic goes public, Claude Code will still ban accounts based on compliance red lines rather than stock ticker.